Dionne Warwick’s appearance Saturday at The Premiere, a gala expected to raise $1 million for University of Colorado Hospital’s expanded emergency department, launches a series of star-studded benefits in Denver.

* Dionne Warwick, a five-time Grammy winner, will perform at an Old Hollywood-themed dinner chaired by Sharon Magness Blake and her husband, Ernie Blake, and Claudia and Bob Beauprez. It begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at University Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. For ticket information, call 720-848-7772.

* The Pointer Sisters are headlining Excelsior Youth Center‘s Triumphant Faces Gala, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center. The event honoring Susan Kiely also celebrates the 40th anniversary of Excelsior and the Pointer Sisters’ 40th year in show business. Chairmen are Megan Fearnow, Kasia Iwaniczko MacLeod and Lois Paul; Lannie Garrett is mistress of ceremonies. Tickets are available online.